Where does “tap-” come from?
tap- (Proto-Indo-Aryan) comes from Proto-Indo-Iranian tap-, from Proto-Indo-European tep- — to be warm, be hot.
Ancestry of “tap-”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Proto-Indo-Iranian | tap- | — |
| 2 | Proto-Indo-European | tep- | to be warm, be hot |
Words derived from “tap-”